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Kanji for Honor
The kanji for “honor” is 誉, read yo and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
誉
honor
Honor and a good name.
13 strokes On reading ヨ (yo) Kun reading ほまれ、ほめる (homare, homeru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: reputation, praise, honor, glory
Readings used for names on Nazuke: taka, yo
In Japan it appears in about 214 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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